2017
Statute

74-50,184.Same; background investigations. (a) The commission shall appoint a boxing commissioner who shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and who shall devote full-time to the duties prescribed by the commission. Before appointing a person as the boxing commissioner, the commission shall request the Kansas bureau of investigation to conduct a criminal history record check and background investigation of the person. The boxing commissioner shall have no felony convictions under the laws of any state or of the United States prior to appointment or during such commissioner's employment with the commission. The boxing commissioner shall receive an annual salary fixed by the commission and approved by the governor.

(b) Before appointing a person as the boxing commissioner, the commission shall require fingerprinting of such person necessary to verify qualification for appointment. The commission shall submit such fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of such person and obtaining records of criminal arrests and convictions.

(c) The commission may receive from the Kansas bureau of investigation or other criminal justice agencies, including but not limited to the federal bureau of investigation and the federal internal revenue service, such criminal history record information (including arrest and nonconviction data), criminal intelligence information and information relating to criminal and background investigations as necessary for the purpose of determining qualifications of a person to be appointed as boxing commissioner. Upon the written request of the chairperson of the commission, the commission may receive from the district courts such information relating to juvenile proceedings as necessary for the purpose of determining qualifications of any person to be appointed as boxing commissioner. Such information, other than conviction data, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to members and employees of the commission as necessary to determine qualifications of such person. Any other disclosure of such confidential information is a class A misdemeanor and shall constitute grounds for removal from office, termination of employment or denial, revocation or suspension of any license issued under this act.